PEOPLE On January 2, Audible founder Don Katz will turn over his position as CEO to Bob Carrigan, who was previously Chairman and CEO at Dun & Bradstreet. Katz will transition to Executive Chairman. Ken Michaels, CEO of Macmillan Learning since 2015, has resigned. At Tor, Katie Klimowicz, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans joins as Chief Revenue Officer on September 16. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer at McGraw-Hill Education. Rachel Sanders, most recently Marketing Director at ReaderLink, joins as Director, Field Sales and Events. Additionally, Debbie Engel has retired as VP, Subsidiary Rights. Jackie De Leo, formerly VP of…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mary Ann Naples will join as VP, Publisher for Hachette Books on April 22. She was previously VP, Publisher at Disney Book Group. At JIMMY Paterson Books, T.S. Ferguson, lately Editor at Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press, joins as Editor. Joe Davidson, lately Editor at Rizzoli, joins Black Dog & Leventhal in the same position. Annette…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mike Evans has joined McGraw-Hill as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Renaissance, a company specializing in learning analytics for pre-K through 12th grade. At Thomas Nelson, Timothy Paulson has joined as VP and Publisher, beginning February 4. He was most recently General Manager, Science Brands at Kalmbach…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Annie Callanan will take over as CEO of Taylor & Francis, succeeding Roger Horton. She was most recently CEO of the healthcare company Quantros. Benjamin Steinberg is joining Dey Street Books in the new position of Associate Publisher. He was previously Director of Partnerships and Imprint Consumer Marketing for Knopf Doubleday. Also at HarperCollins, Christopher Goff is retiring…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Wendy Friedman will join Quarto as VP, Director of International Sales this summer. She was previously President/CEO of Parragon Global. Sanj Kharbanda has joined Beacon Press as Director of Sales and Marketing, having worked previously as VP, Digital Strategy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Hallie Patterson has joined Abrams as Associate Director of Publicity, Children’s…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Barnes & Noble has announced Demos Parneros as their new CEO. He joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in November, before which he was President at Staples. Michael C. Miller has been named Chief Legal Officer and VP of Corporate Affairs, having previously served as EVP, General Counsel and Secretary at Monster Worldwide….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Former U.S. Register of Copyright Maria Pallante has been selected as the next President and CEO of the American Association of Publishers. She will replace Tom Allen, who is retiring. Ben Sevier will join Grand Central Publishing on February 27 as SVP, Publisher, succeeding Jamie Raab. Sevier was previously VP, Publisher at Dutton. Catherine…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Julia A. Reidhead, formerly VP and Publishing Director of the W. W. Norton College department, has succeeded W. Drake McFeely as President. McFeely remains Chairman. And Steven Pace, currently Sales Director at Workman, will join Norton as Director of Trade Sales on January 2. He is replacing VP and Trade Sales Director William F….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mark Kuyper is leaving his position as Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, where he had served for a year. Previously he was President/CEO at the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. At HarperCollins, VP and Executive Editor Hugh Van Dusen is to retire on August 30. Lisa Erickson returned to the Crown Publishing…Continue Reading
